Man sentenced in CVS robbery case

SANTA CRUZ - A 32-year-old Santa Cruz man was sentenced Tuesday to one year in County Jail and one year in a residential drug treatment program for stealing razor blades from a Mission Street drug store, along with drug possession offenses and having served two prior prison terms.

Prosecutors filed robbery charges against Michael McBride White because he used a syringe to assault a security guard who confronted him at CVS.

Outside court, a family member said the guard accosted White from behind and White didn't know who it was and was defending himself.

Judge Paul Burdick ordered White to stay away from the store and not possess any drugs or stolen property. He said he could never own a gun.

Burdick told him he had a four-year suspended sentence hanging over him if he doesn't complete a drug program or if he commits another crime.

"Good luck with this," Burdick told him. "I really want to see you succeed in this program."

White served time in prison for commercial burglary and drug sales, prosecutors said. He was represented by public defender Anthony Robinson.